NFL Bye Weeks 2024
Week 6 looks like bye week hell. And how should a Week 14 with six teams on bye impact your fantasy football strategy?
Whether you’re playing redraft fantasy football, best-ball tournaments, or dynasty, properly planning for NFL bye weeks is key to winning a championship.
You don’t want to alter your draft strategy too much to account for bye weeks. But you also don’t want to end up with a bunch of players with the same bye, especially at the same position.
Finding the right balance is crucial.
Let’s take a look at 2024 NFL bye weeks – and how they’ll impact your fantasy season.
2024 NFL Bye Weeks
| Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | week 10 | week 11 | Week 12 | WEEK 13 | week 14 |
| DET | KAN | CHI | PIT | CLE | ARI | ATL | BAL | ||
| LAC | LAR | DAL | SF | GB | CAR | BUF | DEN | ||
| PHI | MIA | LV | NYG | CIN | HOU | ||||
| TEN | MIN | SEA | TB | JAX | IND | ||||
| NO | NE | ||||||||
| NYJ | WAS |
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Bye weeks for every player are displayed on this customizable fantasy football cheat sheet.
NFL Bye Week 5
- Detroit Lions
- Los Angeles Chargers
- Philadelphia Eagles
- Tennessee Titans
The first bye weeks of 2024 come five weeks into the season and take away a pair of top eight offenses from a year ago in the Lions and Eagles.
Key Players on Bye
| QBS | RBS | WRS | TES |
| Jalen Hurts | Saquon Barkley |
Amon-Ra St. Brown | Sam LaPorta |
| Justin Herbert | Jahmyr Gibbs | A.J. Brown | Dallas Goedert |
| Jared Goff | David Montgomery | DeVonta Smith | |
| Tony Pollard | DeAndre Hopkins | ||
| Calvin Ridley |
NFL Bye Week 6
- Kansas City Chiefs
- Los Angeles Rams
- Miami Dolphins
- Minnesota Vikings
This might be the most impactful bye week of the season. All four of these teams finished top 10 in total yards last year. Studs at every position will be unavailable to fantasy owners in Week 6.
Key Players on Bye
| QBS | RBS | WRS | TES |
| Patrick Mahomes | Kyren Williams |
Justin Jefferson | Travis Kelce |
| Tua Tagovailoa | De'Von Achane | Tyreek Hill | T.J. Hockenson |
| Matt Stafford | Raheem Mostert | Jaylen Waddle | |
| Isiah Pacheco | Puka Nacua | ||
| Aaron Jones | Cooper Kupp | ||
| Rashee Rice |
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Check out where each of these guys sit in our updated fantasy football rankings.
NFL Bye Week 7
- Chicago Bears
- Dallas Cowboys
We get a breather in Week 7 with only two teams on bye, although there's still plenty of firepower that will need to be on fantasy benches.
Key Players on Bye
| QBS | RBS | WRS | TES |
| Dak Presott | D'Andre Swift |
CeeDee Lamb | Jake Ferguson |
| Caleb Williams | D.J. Moore | Cole Kmet | |
| Keenan Allen | |||
| Rome Odunze |
NFL Bye Week 9
- Pittsburgh Steelers
- San Francisco 49ers
After a bye-less Week 8, we get just two teams off in Week 9. But one of those teams is the 49ers, one of the most talent-rich offenses in the NFL.
Key Players on Bye
| QBS | RBS | WRS | TES |
| Brock Purdy | Christian McCaffrey |
Deebo Samuel | George Kittle |
| Najee Harris | Brandon Aiyuk | Pat Freiermuth | |
| Jaylen Warren | George Pickens |
NFL Bye Week 10
- Cleveland Browns
- Green Bay Packers
- Las Vegas Raiders
- Seattle Seahawks
A four-team Week 10 bye will find a bunch of weekly starters at WR unavailable to fantasy squads.
Key Players on Bye
| QBS | RBS | WRS | TES |
| Jordan Love | Josh Jacobs |
Davante Adams | David Njoku |
| Geno Smith | Ken Walker | D.K. Metcalf | Brock Bowers |
| Deshaun Watson | Nick Chubb | Tyler Lockett | |
| Zamir White | Jaxon Smith-Njigba | ||
| Jayden Reed | |||
| Christian Watson | |||
| Amari Cooper |
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NFL Bye Week 11
- Arizona Cardinals
- Carolina Panthers
- New York Giants
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers
This four-team bye week doesn't look as impactful as the last, with the Panthers and Giants projecting to have few fantasy starters.
Key Players on Bye
| QBS | RBS | WRS | TES |
| Kyler Murray | Rachaad White |
Marvin Harrison Jr. | Trey McBride |
| James Conner | Mike Evans | ||
| Jonathon Brooks | Chris Godwin | ||
| Malik Nabers | |||
| Diontae Johnson | |||
NFL Bye Week 12
- Atlanta Falcons
- Buffalo Bills
- Cincinnati Bengals
- Jacksonville Jaguars
- New Orleans Saints
- New York Jets
A six-team bye week late in the season could play a big part in determining whether your fantasy team makes the playoffs. This is also the first week of league playoffs in the FFPC Main Event.
Key Players on Bye
| QBS | RBS | WRS | TES |
| Josh Allen | Bijan Robinson | Ja'Marr Chase | Dalton Kincaid |
| Joe Burrow | Breece Hall | Tee Higgins | Kyle Pitts |
| Trevor Lawrence | Travis Etienne | Garrett Wilson | Evan Engram |
| Kirk Cousins | James Cook | Drake London | |
| Aaron Rodgers | Alvin Kamara | Chris Olave | |
| Christian Kirk | |||
NFL Bye Week 14
- Baltimore Ravens
- Denver Broncos
- Houston Texans
- Indianapolis Colts
- New England Patriots
- Washington Commanders
Ouch.
Six teams on bye for the final week of many fantasy leagues' regular season -- and the league championship round in the FFPC Main Event.
Plus, the six teams house a bunch of high-end fantasy starters, particularly at QB.
We're not altering our rankings for these Week 14 byes, but you could certainly use it as a tiebreaker if you're deciding between two similarly ranked players.
Key Players on Bye
| QBS | RBS | WRS | TES |
| Lamar Jackson | Jonathon Taylor | Nico Collins | Mark Andrews |
| C.J. Stroud | Derrick Henry | Stefon Diggs | Dalton Schultz |
| Anthony Richardson | Joe Mixon | Tank Dell | Hunter Henry |
| Jayden Daniels | Javonte Williams | Michael Pittman | |
| Rhamondre Stevenson | Zay Flowers | ||
| Brian Robinson | Terry McLaurin | ||
| Austin Ekeler | Courtland Sutton |
Don’t Mess Up 2024 NFL Bye Weeks
The Draft War Room displays each player’s bye week for easy reference during your draft.
But it’s still easy to slip up and draft too many players with the same bye week. We’ve all been there.
That’s why we built a Bye Week Warning System into the Draft War Room.
During your draft, you’ll see an icon next to every player that has the same bye week as a player already on your team at the same position.
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